Associate Vice President - Android, Digital Business (12-16 years)

Designation: Associate Vice President - Android, Digital Business (12+ years)

Location: Gurugram / Bangalore

About the Role

• Sony LIV is on a mission to deliver a world-class streaming experience to millions of users across devices. We’re looking for an experienced Android engineer with deep expertise in ExoPlayer/Media3 and strong command over the Android framework, who thrives in a hybrid role — leading cross-functional initiatives while also diving deep into code to deliver high-performance, scalable solutions.
• This is a unique opportunity to own critical areas of media playback and performance, contribute to architecture decisions, and drive collaboration across engineering, product, and QA.
• What You’ll Do Lead the design and implementation of advanced media playback workflows using ExoPlayer (Media3), ensuring low latency, seamless buffering, adaptive streaming, and DRM integrations.
• Drive performance improvements across app launch, playback, memory, and battery.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, iOS/web counterparts, backend, and QA to build delightful and robust video experiences.
• Mentor and guide a team of Android engineers — promote clean architecture, code quality, and modern development practices.
• Contribute individually to high-priority feature development and performance debugging. Stay ahead of Android platform updates and integrate Jetpack libraries, modern UI frameworks, and best practices (e.g., Kotlin Coroutines, Hilt, Jetpack Compose, Paging, etc.)
• Own cross-functional technical discussions for media strategy, caching, telemetry, offline, or A/V compliance.

What We’re

• Looking For 10–15 years of Android development experience with strong fundamentals in Kotlin, ExoPlayer/Media3, and the Android media framework.
• Deep understanding of streaming protocols (HLS/DASH), adaptive bitrate streaming, DRM (Widevine), and analytics tagging.
• Experience in performance optimization – memory, power, cold start, and playback smoothness.
• Hands-on with modern Android stack: Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Flows, Work Manager, ViewModel, Room, Hilt/Dagger, etc.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, app modularization, crash analytics, and A/B experimentation frameworks (e.g., Firebase, AppCenter, etc.).
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity — can switch gears between IC and leadership responsibilities based on the team’s needs.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams and functions. Nice to Have
• Experience with Android TV / Fire TV or other large-screen form factors.
• Prior work on live streaming, low latency playback, or sports content.
• Familiarity with AV1, Dolby Vision/Atmos, or advanced video/audio codecs.
• Contributions to open-source media libraries or ExoPlayer itself.

Why Sony? Sony Pictures Networks is home to some of India’s leading entertainment channels such as SET, SAB, MAX, PAL, PIX, Sony BBC Earth, Yay!, Sony Marathi, Sony SIX, Sony TEN, Sony TEN1, SONY Ten2, SONY TEN3, SONY TEN4, to name a few!

Our foray into the OTT space with one of the most promising streaming platforms, Sony LIV brings us one step closer to being a progressive digitally-led content powerhouse. Our independent production venture- Studio Next has already made its mark with original content and IPs for TV and Digital Media. But our quest to Go Beyond doesn’t end there.

Neither does our search to find people who can take us there. We focus on creating an inclusive and equitable workplace where we celebrate diversity with our Bring Your Own Self Philosophy and are recognised as a Great Place to Work. - Great Place to Work Institute- Ranked as one of the Great Places to Work for since 5 years - Included in the Hall of Fame as a part of the Working Mother & Avtar Best Companies for Women in India study- Ranked amongst 100 Best Companies for Women In India - ET Human Capital Awards 2021- Winner across multiple categories - Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Award - Outstanding Learning Practices.

The biggest award of course is the thrill our employees feel when they can Tell Stories Beyond the Ordinary!